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Though it hasn't gotten much attention, the recycling bill proposed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is one of the most important measures the General Assembly will vote on in the 2014 session. The bill will move the state from burning and dumping most of its solid waste to recycling the majority of it. The bill should pass. It's time. Four decades ago, the state took the then-innovative step of moving away from landfills toward burning trash to create electrical energy. Six trash-to-energy plants were constructed. At present, almost two-thirds of the 3.2 million tons of municipal solid waste the state produces each year is incinerated at the six plants, while 25 to 30 percent is...

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Though it hasn't gotten much attention, the recycling bill proposed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is one of the most important measures the General Assembly will vote on in the 2014 session. The bill will move the state from burning and dumping most of its...

Pratt & Whitney and Alcoa announced Monday at the Farnborough Airshow that Alcoa will forge the first-ever aluminum alloy fan blade in a jet engine.Typically, fan blades have been made from titanium. General Electric is developing ceramic composite...

Ford Motor Co. will introduce the “reinvention” of its F-150 pickup truck at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit Monday.
The automaker is gambling with its 2015 model year redesign of the truck – for decades America’s top-selling...